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Originally Posted by wraggster

GAME OF THE DAY: You know that awful summer drought games fans have to endure every year? Guess what – it’s over!

With New Super Mario Bros 2 and Sleeping Dogs last week, and now Darksiders 2 and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition this week, we can now officially say that the build up to the Q4 rush has well and truly begun.

The original Darksiders was released in 2010 and saw War (of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse fame) trying to maintain the balance between the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA defending developers without the resources to take on the social games giant, claims COO

EA is standing up for the industry against Zynga in its lawsuit over cloning allegations, the publishing giant’s COO has claimed.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Peter Moore said that there had been a number of examples in the past where Zynga had release copycat titles, but there had never been a company with the resources to take on the social games giant in court.

He added that

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Originally Posted by wraggster

GAME OF THE DAY: Some genres have struggled in the transition from TV to touchscreen. Football is not one of them.
Early efforts to bring football to smartphones focused on trying to concentrate the established console game model on the smaller, button-less screen. And sometimes it worked, too – X2’s First Touch Soccer was decent.
But the genre really flourished when developers stopped trying to emulate the two-decade old console design model and started to approach the genre from

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Originally Posted by wraggster

This year’s instalment of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series is stepping up the licencing war with EA’s FIFA IP.
PES 2013 will boast 150 licenses in total, including the entire Spanish league, every team in Italy’s Serie A, The UEFA Champions League, a host of European club teams and 17 additional international teams, including England.
What it lacks, however, is a strong showing from the Premier League. In fact, Konami’s press material suggests that Manchester United will

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Originally Posted by wraggster

If there's one thing I can say about Hotline Miami, it's that it leaves an impression. The music is probably what hit me first: electronic tunes that range from foreboding drones to synth-heavy, 80s-inspired rhythms. Pixelated visuals throb with neon colors that would be right at home in an episode ofMiami Vice.

The overall tone is reminiscent of the film Drive, which is no accident. Dennis

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